The Latest Breaking News from Colorado River

In a part of the Coachella Valley where exclusive neighborhoods wrap around lush golf courses and ponds, a stretch of open desert could be transformed into a new sort of artificial oasis.

A developer's proposal to build a surfing lagoon in the Coachella Valley desert has been rejected by the city of La Quinta after residents raised concerns about noise, lighting and the resort's substantial water footprint in a time of severe drought.

A boating and fishing paradise on the Utah-Wyoming line is beginning to feel the effects of the two-decade megadrought gripping the southwestern U.S. Until now, Flaming Gorge Reservoir hasn't seen anything like the low water that has drastically shrunk Lake Mead near Las Vegas and Lake Powell in Arizona and…

Compared to neighboring states, Utah is less dependent on water from the Colorado River

Hualapai tribal land in northwestern Arizona borders 100 miles of the Colorado River, but the tribe can't draw from it

Unlike other states of the Colorado River Basin, Nevada has one main river user: Las Vegas

Hualapai tribal land in northwestern Arizona borders 100 miles of the Colorado River, but the tribe can’t draw from it

The Colorado River Compact was signed in 1922, just 10 years after New Mexico became a state

Since 2000, flows on the Colorado River have declined 20% and water levels at Lake Powell and Lake Mead have dropped to less than 30% of their combined storage